President Radev held consultations with "There is Such a People"

President Rumen Radev on April 21 continues consultations with representatives of parliamentary groups in the 49th National Assembly ahead of handing over the first mandate to seek to form a government.

At the beginning of the meeting with representatives of "There is Such a People" (TISP), President Radev congratulated them on the "serious achievement for Bulgarian politics by a party that had dropped out of the Bulgarian Parliament and then came back." This is rare, but it is obviously a statement that you will be a controller in this Parliament, Radev said.

The President asked them what their degree of affiliation to the GERB-UDF – “We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria” ideological alliance is.

"We from TISP are not a standard political party and should not be given the same stamps as the others," Toshko Yordanov said.

"In our opinion, in this difficult situation, it is politically responsible to have a cabinet, because at least it will be able to try to deal with the problems facing the country. As for the majority that is about to form - we will be in opposition to this configuration. If they continue to come together, which is their right, TISP will be the opposition," he said. He added that they will exercise quite a lot of control at all levels of governance to the extent that they can.

He stated that the laws required under the Recovery and Resilience Plan should be passed and some of the things should be renegotiated with the European partners. They do not support some of the proposals in the legislative intentions of the two coalitions (referring to GERB-UDF and “We Continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria”) such as the drive to develop geothermal energy for electricity generation and a battery plant in Stara Zagora. Yordanov said these two projects would "open a huge hole for corrupt practices."

Regarding the state budget, TISP believe that if there is no regular government and new elections are held, it is better not to pass a budget. "It is less detrimental to the country to work with the current budget than to put in expenditures not knowing where the funds will come from," he said.

Upon completion of the consultations with all parliamentary parties, the head of state will hand over the first mandate to seek to form a government to GERB-UDF.

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Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev began on April 20 two days of consultations with the six groups in the newly-elected Parliament ahead of handing over the first mandate to seek to form a government.

Radev first met representatives of GERB-UDF, the largest parliamentary group and the one to receive the first mandate. Later, he met representaives from the second largest political group in Parliament, "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria".

Today, April 21, he is meeting delegations of "Vazrazhdane", MRF, BSP and "There is Such a People".